Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 86:11

“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.”

Psalms 86:11 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 86:11, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 86. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
  • Psalms 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
  • Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
  • Psalms 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
  • Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
  • Job 34:32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Psalms 27:11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
  • Psalms 26:3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
  • 2 John 1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
  • John 17:20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
  • Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
  • Psalms 119:73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
  • Colossians 3:17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.